Materia medica of Hindoostan, and artisan's and agriculturist's nomenclature / [Sir Whitelaw Ainslie].

  • Whitelaw Ainslie
Date:
1813
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Credit: Materia medica of Hindoostan, and artisan's and agriculturist's nomenclature / [Sir Whitelaw Ainslie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 x ‘ =] : 4 » , f pts a, ¢ -| ». 2 ; > § . Cue, 2 See 1 eh. OF, EINDOOSTAN: | ea ie Peg. ; | pas) ey scr hy 4 , Bs F , GARLIC, £7 allay peondoo Cole rasvre sysop (Tau)-2 mec Ls $t07s v4 . copang! (Dux. AND Utnd0) “a Seer (Peay. a aati faear ere 9 Lusgna (Sans. ee. 7, elligudda (TeL,) ~———-— ALLIUM SA TIVUM, bay. oo This article forms an almost wonstant ingredient in the curries and other Tes: uhat 5 are used by the Native Indians. As a medicine’ the Vytians prescribe it to quicken the circulation, and warm the habit. ‘Phey also gonsider it as a useful ,expactorant, (1,) pacticularly in that species of Astinj which they call Adandarra Cashum, which signia fies the asthma of cloudy weather. , : ) GINGER, Seskhoo oe es EG (Tam.)—-———Sont Bai gus (Dug. ano Hinp.)—— Sunt’ hi (Sans. )———— ia (Matay.)——-——Soati (Ten.)-—-——AMOMUM ZIN- GIBER, Lin. Mt GINGER, GREEN. Jngie ueqyg (Tam.) —— Utruch Fol (Dox, asp . Lin) — Zing ebeel (ee RS. SW Ga i Cents )—-———- Cala (Tet,) — Ginger is used in thi country for Hiciis the same purposes that it is in Europe ; the Native Practitioners prescribe it in cases of weak digestion, and to warm the habit; they also recommend it as an external application, mixed with Are yack, in Paralytic and Kbeumatic affections. It, besides, forms an almost constant ingredient in the Cushgyums (Decoctions) which they order for arresting the progress of intermittent fever. Ginger grows ia great abundance all over India. GRAPE. Kodimoondrie pullum Ga ilo CP pre eae (Ta.) —— ——Ungoor yl (Pers, anD Duk.) ——~—— rib (ARAB, )——— — Dak h (Hinp.) ete eee — Dracha pundoo (Te..)——-—— Moodangoor (Matay ) —-—— VITIS VINIFERA. Lin. —————Dracha (Sans.) Grapes grow in abundance in India, in private gardens, but no wine is made from. them, _ GUM AMMONIAC, Ustck cpl (Anas, anv Dux.)———-—3MMONIA. : CUM. ; Gum Ammoniac seems to he little known, or used, in the interior of the Indian Penin- gula, and is only occasionally prescribed by the Hakeems, who have, of course, become acquainted with it through the medium of Persian and Arabic books. Woodville, in his 46 Medieal Botany,” gives us no account of the plant that produces this gum, It is ‘ | said — 2 A.) The Arabians class it amongst their Muluttifat (Attenuantia ) arta es a